Trulia Scraper

Trulia Scraper

Scrape Trulia rental and sale listings from any city, ZIP code, or direct URL, up to a million per run. Each listing returns its price, beds, baths, square footage, amenities, and full property details. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Trulia's public search pages hold thousands of rental and for-sale listings, but manually copying data from each one is slow and error-prone. This actor reads the public listing feeds directly, filters by price, bedrooms, bathrooms, property type, and amenities like pet-friendliness or in-unit laundry, and returns every match in one consistent row. You can also feed it a direct listing URL to scrape a single property's full detail page.

Who uses it	What they scrape Trulia for
Real estate investors	Compare rental yields and sale prices across neighborhoods to spot undervalued properties.
Market analysts	Track inventory levels, median rents, and days on market for a metro area over time.
Property managers	Benchmark their own listings against nearby competition on price and amenities.
Data journalists	Gather rent and sale price data to report on housing affordability trends.

What it does

This Actor collects Trulia property listings by location or direct URL and returns each one as a flat row with price, size, rooms, amenities, and listing metadata.

• 🏙️ Location search: enter a city and state like 'Austin, TX' or a ZIP code to scrape all listings in that area.
• 🔗 Direct URL input: paste any Trulia search or listing URL to scrape exactly those results or that single property.
• 💰 Price filters: set minimum and maximum price to narrow results to your budget range.
• 🛏️ Room filters: filter by minimum and maximum bedrooms and bathrooms.
• 🏠 Property type: choose from apartment, house, condo, townhouse, or multi-family.
• 🐾 Amenity toggles: filter for pet-friendly, parking, in-unit laundry, and air conditioning.
• 📅 Move-in date: specify an earliest available date for rental listings.
• ⚡ Concurrency control: adjust parallel detail requests from 1 to 10 to balance speed and IP footprint.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Trulia data

📊 Build a rental market dataset.

A data analyst scrapes all 'For Rent' listings in Chicago, IL with a max price of $3,000 and exports the data to CSV to calculate median rent per neighborhood.

🏡 Find investment properties.

An investor scrapes 'For Sale' listings for multi-family homes under $500,000 in a target ZIP code and filters for those with parking to shortlist deals.

📈 Monitor competitor listings.

A property manager scrapes rental listings in their building's ZIP code weekly, filtering by the same bedroom count, to see how competing units are priced.

📰 Report on housing affordability.

A journalist scrapes rental listings across several major cities, filtering for pet-friendly apartments, to write a story on the premium renters pay for pet amenities.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No Trulia API needed	Scrapes public listing pages directly, no registration or API key required.
Full property details	Gets price, beds, baths, square feet, property type, amenities, and listing URL.
Flexible input	Search by location with filters or paste a direct URL to scrape a known listing.
Residential proxy ready	Built-in residential proxy support handles Trulia's PerimeterX bot protection.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets Trulia the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	Trulia Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When Trulia changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from a city, ZIP code, or direct URL, and filters run as each listing is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

A larger pull:

{
  "maxItems": 200,
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.03199 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$3.20
1,000 results	$31.99
10,000 results	$319.90

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Trulia Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Trulia through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/trulia-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting zero results?

Check that your location string is valid, like 'New York, NY' or a real ZIP code. Also, your filter combination may be too restrictive. Try removing some filters and run again.

The run fails with a bot detection or CAPTCHA error.

Trulia uses PerimeterX protection. Make sure you are using residential proxies as configured in the Proxy Settings section. Datacenter proxies will be blocked.

I pasted a Start URL but the scraper is still using the location field.

The Start URL field must contain a full Trulia URL starting with 'https://www.trulia.com'. If the URL is incomplete or from a different domain, the Actor falls back to the location search.

The run is very slow.

Increase the Max Concurrency setting in Advanced Options. A value of 5 or 8 will fetch detail pages faster. Residential proxies are inherently slower than datacenter proxies, so some delay is normal.

Some listings are missing the price or bedroom count.

Trulia listings sometimes omit fields if the lister did not provide them. The scraper returns whatever data is on the public page. Missing fields will appear as empty in your dataset.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Do I need a Trulia account or API key to use this scraper?	No. The scraper reads publicly available listing pages. You do not need a Trulia account, an API key, or any login credentials.
What proxy configuration does Trulia require?	Trulia uses PerimeterX bot protection, which requires residential proxies. The input schema pre-fills Apify residential proxies, and you should keep that setting for reliable runs.
Can I scrape both rental and sale listings?	Yes. Use the Listing Type dropdown to choose 'For Rent' or 'For Sale'. The Actor will return the corresponding listing type from your chosen location.
How do I scrape a single listing I already know about?	Paste the full Trulia listing URL into the Start URL field. The Actor will ignore location and filter settings and return only that one property's details.
What format does the output data come in?	The dataset exports in CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML. You choose the format when you start the run or download the results from the Apify dataset.
Can I filter by amenities like pet-friendly or in-unit laundry?	Yes. The input has boolean toggles for pet-friendly, parking available, laundry in unit, and air conditioning. Only listings matching those amenities will be returned.
How many listings can I scrape in one run?	You can set the maximum up to 1,000,000 listings. The Actor will stop when it reaches that count or when no more listings match your filters.
Does the scraper get the full description and photos from each listing?	The scraper collects the listing's detail page data, which includes the full property description and available metadata. Photo URLs are included when present on the page.
Can I search by school district or neighborhood name?	The location field accepts city and state or ZIP code. For a specific neighborhood, use a Trulia search URL for that neighborhood as the Start URL.
What is the max concurrency setting for?	It controls how many listing detail pages are fetched in parallel. Higher values are faster but use more proxy bandwidth. The default of 3 balances speed and cost.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Zillow Group. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.